Also in the news: leaked report confirms serious government human rights violations:Ana Gomes, Ethiopia Admits to Sending Military Trainers to Somalia , US accuses Eritrea of arming Somali Islamists, Ethiopian government blocks report of massacre by its forces and more of today's top stories
(June 2005) Bruk Abaraha, aged 11, after being treated for a gunshot wound to the foot in Zawditu hospital in the centre of Addis Ababa. He was one of scores of bystanders who was injured in the third day of violent clashes between armed police and unarmed protesters in Ethiopia's capital - A draft of an inquiry team's report looking into the killings, which was to have been presented to the Ethiopian parliament in early July and has since been leaked, says among those killed were 40 teenagers, including a boy and a girl, both 14. The two were fatally shot.(picture - A.heavens)--------------------------
The division in diaspora Kinijit couldn’t have come at a worse time. Wolde-Michael Meshesha’s report has made it into U.S and EU’s mainstream media; pro-democracy organizations everywhere have to collectively set aside their bickering - for a while - and utilize this opportunity to help advance democracy in Ethiopia. Opportunities like this are very rare; it will be a shame if this chance is squandered.
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Unidentified EU personnel arrested in Ethiopia
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia Police arrested two foreigners working with the European Union in Ethiopia on Thursday because they were trying to help two Ethiopians wanted for serious crimes cross the southern border with Kenya, state-owned Ethiopian TV reported.(More...)
leaked report confirms serious government human rights violations:Ana Gomes
The report, leaked by Ethiopian judge Wolde-Michael Meshesha, claimed police massacred 193 protesters in clashes after disputed elections. Ms Gomes accused western leaders of turning a blind eye, and preferring not to take action against Ethiopia. "This only confirms what we have said in our report on the elections," Ms Gomes told the BBC.(More...)Today's Top Stories
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